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+## One time setup ( per host/environment) ##
+### PYPI Test ###
+- add repository to poetry config: `poetry config repositories.audio-program-generator https://test.pypi.org/legacy/`
+- get token from https://test.pypi.org/manage/account/token/
+- store token using poetry config pypi-token.test-pypi  pypi-YYYYYYYY
+### PYPI Production ###
+- get token from https://pypi.org/manage/account/token/
+- store token using poetry config pypi-token.pypi pypi-XXXXXXXX
+
+## Each time you need to publish ##
+### Bump version ###
+- poetry version prerelease or
+- poetry version patch
+
+## Poetry Publish ##
+### To TestPyPi ###
+ - poetry publish -r test-pypi
+### To PyPi ###
+- poetry publish